It seems I should not subject my immune system to unnecessary work (second jab) that doesn't produce results.
What risk are you worried about here? The paper says a second dose produces "muted responses" but the second dose not doing as much as the first is expected (the same thing happens for people who haven't had COVID). Why do you want to avoid making your immune system do work?
But if you really don't want the second shot for whatever reason, you can just sign up for both and then cancel the second appointment after you get your first shot.
Why do you want to avoid making your immune system do work?
Because a few immunologists suggested it is not a good thing to subject one's immune system to unnecessary work.
There are other threats it might have to deal with, so I would like to avoid useless / distracting labor.
I have heard anecdotally that Pfizer and Moderna are more associated with side effects than Janssen. There was a lot of hubub about blood clots regarding Janssen but that turned out to be nothing. I’m surprised to hear you think J&J has more side effects. I could be wrong? It does have lower efficicacy than the two-dose course of mRNA, though, yeah, but with you having been infected already, I think 1 J&J is a good compromise between avoiding side effects and getting more protection.
If you want a single Pfizer, though, you can just get one. There’s no way to force you back in for the second dose. And when I got a second dose at Walgreens, different from where I’d got my first dose (ie they had no records of me), they didn’t even ask about my vaccination or infection history.
There is nothing anecdotal about CDC warning on heart inflammation and pericarditis risk following mRNA vaccination. For a population of 16-28 year old men in which the cases mostly are clinically observed, the chance of getting it is close to 1 in 15,000
There was a lot of hubub about blood clots regarding Janssen but that turned out to be nothing.
Hmm, source? I have found this, it's rather new. I agree that the numbers are somewhat low. However the law of big numbers still applies. Maybe you happen to have more recent statistics with mentioned risk groups?
If you want a single Pfizer, though, you can just get one. There’s no way to force you back in for the second dose.
Ah, I should mention that I’m in America.
Regrettably, it works differently in Europe (and Lithuania in particular).
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A meta point: korin43 has done pretty well below trying to offer up a helpful reply, but in general you might get better responses by asking one or more specific questions; all you've done here is enumerate some facts: you've had covid; you don't have a diagnosis; there are some recommendations that may be relevant to you; you're worried; therefore... should I do...? Are there things I should research...? etc.
Why it's important to me: I have had Covid, alas unofficially, which means the healthcare system doesn't recognize me eligible for just one shot of Pfizer.
The same healthcare system also supposedly issued a statement early this summer about how recovered patients must receive one mRNA shot only and not a viral-vector jab.
This makes me worried.
Have any of you gone through this? It seems I should not subject my immune system to unnecessary work (second jab) that doesn't produce results.
P.S. Jannsen has only one shot, but it's viral-vector. I've read through some of the papers, and it seems it has about the same / lower efficacy and more side effects. This one, maybe?
UPD. A valid request for a more clearly stated question has been raised.
My main question is which vaccine seem to render a better outcome given the situation. While I have read through a study, I still lack insight from others.